Maybe a little inebriated on the adrenaline of the occasion, the four-time major champion chose the winning European side’s post-match press conference at Marco Simone to make a rather bold announcement.
You can always tell if an event is special by people wanting to talk about the next one as soon as this year’s edition finishes, and Paul Azinger certainly gave golf fans something to talk about overnight.
If Koepka cruises to a second PGA Championship and fourth Major title, he’ll join a distinguished group of players who killed all suspense at a golf Major, simply through the sin of proficiency.
Granted, there’s a lot of golf to be played at Bethpage Black this week, but maybe Lee will get to serve some Korean barbecue after all. At next year’s PGA champions dinner.
It is that history – and the positive memories that he can draw upon – that makes Swatton believe Day is well positioned to contend for a second PGA Championship title.
Professional golfers should be sent not just on physical and linear journeys every day, but on emotional odysseys that test the limits of their sanity.